Nonstop flight route between Sulphur Springs, Texas, United States and Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States:

About this route:

A direct, nonstop flight between Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR), Sulphur Springs, Texas, United States and Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA), Kailua / Kona, Hawaii, United States would travel a Great Circle distance of 3,800 miles (or 6,115 kilometers).

A Great Circle is the shortest distance between 2 points on a sphere. Because most world maps are flat (but the Earth is round), the route of the shortest distance between 2 points on the Earth will often appear curved when viewed on a flat map, especially for long distances. If you were to simply draw a straight line on a flat map and measure a very long distance, it would likely be much further than if you were to lay a string between those two points on a globe. Because of the large distance between Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport and Kona International Airport at Keāhole, the route shown on this map most likely appears curved because of this reason.

Try it at home! Get a globe and tightly lay a string between Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport and Kona International Airport at Keāhole. You'll see that it will travel the same route of the red line on this map!

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Facts about Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR):

• Because of Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport's relatively low elevation of 489 feet, planes can take off or land at Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR) currently has only 1 runway.
• The furthest airport from Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR) is Sir Gaëtan Duval Airport (RRG), which is located 10,846 miles (17,455 kilometers) away in Rodrigues Island, Mauritius.
• The closest airport to Sulphur Springs Municipal Airport (SLR) is Majors Airport (GVT), which is located 26 miles (43 kilometers) WSW of SLR.

Facts about Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA):

• A small museum, the Astronaut Ellison S.
• The closest airport to Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) is Pōhakuloa Training Area (BSF), which is located 22 miles (36 kilometers) ENE of KOA.
• The furthest airport from Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) is Maun Airport (MUB), which is nearly antipodal to Kona International Airport at Keāhole (meaning Kona International Airport at Keāhole is almost on the exact opposite side of the Earth from Maun Airport), and is located 12,399 miles (19,954 kilometers) away in Maun, Botswana.
• Kona International is the only remaining major airport in the Hawaiian Islands where a mobile ramp is used to plane and deplane passengers.
• Construction crews from Bechtel Corporation had used three million pounds of dynamite to flatten the lava flow within 13 months.
• Kona International Airport at Keāhole handled 2,649,493 passengers last year.
• In addition to being known as "Kona International Airport at Keāhole", another name for KOA is "Kona International Airport".
• Because of Kona International Airport at Keāhole's relatively low elevation of 47 feet, planes can take off or land at Kona International Airport at Keāhole at a lower air speed than at airports located at a higher elevation. This is because the air density is higher closer to sea level than it would otherwise be at higher elevations.
• Kona International Airport at Keāhole (KOA) currently has only 1 runway.
• Runway extension to 11,000 feet was in 1994, making it the largest in the Hawaiian Islands after Honolulu.